People Can Only See What We Want Them To See

I was uploading my digital photos the other day from the past couple of months. It was no small feat I must say. I think I had about 250 to sort through and cull down to a nice 85 that would be suitable to print at a later date. Of these 85, I've now downgraded to my best 25 and put them on Facebook (yes, I'm getting into it now!)

I have received numerous comments already about how great they are and how well I "look" like I'm going over here in the UK. Well of course they'd say that! I've carefully and painfully selected only the best and most diverse range of photos to show. Ones that show me in different places, with different people, doing different things.

Not that I’m not doing all of these things, but I guess like the figures suggest, you’re only seeing 35% of me. You don’t see the times I get caught in the rain (because yes, its summer and still the weather’s miserable here in England!), or squashed in the bus with every other person trying to get home, or carrying too much shopping in bags that may break at any second…

And yet its who I am in these moments that are the real reflection of me.

So what are you like in that 65% of your life? Are you selfless and give up your seat for others (see my previous post below)? Do you embrace the rain and take pleasure in nature’s cool presence or does it just make you angry? Do you still know how to laugh at yourself even when you know something’s not going to go as planned?

We all have a public image, one that we want others to look at and to believe in. But this isn’t what’s important, its who you are in those discarded photos that show the real you. And although you may not print them, make sure you look at them every now and then and remember to enjoy those candid moments of you.